[Opinion] Tom Hiddleston: Children Are Paying the Grave Price of Aid Cuts Around the World

Tom Hiddleston: Children are paying the grave price of aid cuts around the world

Tom Hiddleston reflects on a visit to South Sudan and how it highlights the importance of international aid as it is cut by countries including the UK and US, ahead of playing in Soccer Aid – which has raised £120m for Unicef

Tom Hiddleston: The world is making a grave mistake with cuts – and children are paying the price – UK Times

Sign up for our free Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Ten years ago, I watched a family, torn apart by war, be reunited. I keep asking myself whether, in 2026, that would still be possible. In November 2016, on my second trip to South Sudan, I met Nyalim*. She was twelve years old. She had been making a routin…